Drying-frame.



D. OALANDRA.

DRYING FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4; 1914.

Patented June 30, 1914.

COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH co., WASHINGTON. D. c.

DOMINICK CALANDRA, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, YORK.

DRYING-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent Patentediliune 3Q, 1914;.

Application filed March 4, 1914. Serial No. 822,278.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DOMINIOK CALANDRA, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Long Island City,in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Drying-Frames, of which the fol lowing is aspecification. v

, My invention relates generally to drying frames or supports, and hasbeen especially devised for use in supporting trays or pans of macaroni,vermicelli and the like, in the drying room, and moving such trays inquantities into and out of the drying room,

In the manufacture of such articles as macaroni and vermicelli on alargescale, it is essential to economy of manufacture that large quantitiesof the articles be simultaneously under treatment in as small a space aspossible, and that after treatment the articles be so situated as to becapable of quick removal from one place to another. It is alsodesirable, in the interests of hygienic treatment of the macaroni andvermicelli, that they come into contact with the hands of the workmen aslittle as possible.

It is the object of my invention to provide a drying frame or support bymeans of which the several desiderata above set out may be satisfied. 1

The invention consists of the novel features hereinafter claimed, and,fully described in the following specification, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing, wherein 1 Figure 1 is an end elevational viewof my improved drying frame; Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof,showing in dotted lines one of the trays in position; and Fig. 3 is abroken horizontal sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring by reference characters to the several figures of the drawing,10 denotes a truck which forms the main support for the drying frame. Toenable the truck to be easily moved from place to place, the same isprovided with the front and rear wheels or rollers 11 and the siderollers 12. Each of the rollers is supported on a pivot 13 in suitablebrackets 14:. The front and rear side rollers 12 are at the approximateconter of the longer sides of the truck 10. The

rollers 12 are preferably of greater diameter than the rollers 11 inorder that the truck may be easily turned. I

Secured intermediate the ends of each of the shorter sides of the truckis an upright or vertical bar 15, which may be of any desired height,and is preferably braced by the inclined brace rods or bars 16 extendingfrom the truck 10 to a point intermediate the ends of the bar 15. By thearrangement described, the uprights 15 are rigid with the truck 10. Theupper ends of the uprights 15 are preferably interconnected by the crossbar 15 The uprights 15 form a support for' an oscillating or rockingframe, pivoted in the uprights. The rocking frame includes the series ofhorizontal angle-iron bars 17 each bar being centrally pivoted at 18 toone of the uprights 15. It will be understood that a series of bars 17is pivotally carried by each upright 15, that the number of bars in oneseries is preferably equal to the number in the other series, and thatthe bars in op-' posing series are in parallel horizontal planes. Oneend of each angle-iron bar 17 is also preferably provided or formedintegrally with a wall 17 to form a stop for trays 19 which are adaptedto be supported onthe bars 17 In the drawing only certain of the barshave been shown as being provided with stops 17 and but one tray 19 (indotted lines) is shown in position. Each series of angle-iron bars 17 ispivotally interconnected by vertical rods 20 equidistant from theupright 15. The rods 20 cause the bars 17 to move in unison and to alike extent, as more fully hereinafter explained.

Pivoted to one of the braces 16 is a latch or keeper 21, designed toengage one of the angle-iron bars 17 preferably the lower bar in one ofthe series, and this same bar may also be provided with a handle 22 bymeans of which the frame may be moved about its several pivots.

The operation of the invention will be understood from the followingdescription thereof: The macaroni to be dried is placed in the trays 19and the latter are then moved into position between the oppositeangleirons 17, the front ends of the trays contacting the stops 17 Thetruck is then moved into the drying room, and when the macaronihas beendried and is to be discharged from the trays, the truck is moved out ofthe drying room, the keeper 21 is re leased from the angle-iron bar 1?and by means of the handle 22 the entire drying frame is moved about itspivots 18 in the arc of a circle. By this motion, the front end (thatprovided with the stop 17 of each angle-iron bar 17 is depressed and themacaroni falls out of the pans 19 by gravity. The angle-iron bars maythen be moved in the are of a circle in the opposite direction to removethe emptied trays and make room for the filled ones. When the filledpans have been placed in position the frame is again swung into uprightposition, the latch 21 is replaced, and the device may be wheeled intothe drying room.

hat I claim is 1. In a drying frame in combination, a pair of oppositelydisposed uprights, and a series of angle bars centrally pivoted to eachof said uprights, the angle bars opposite each other being in parallelplanes.

2. In a drying frame in combination, a pair of oppositely disposeduprights, and a series of angle bars centrally pivoted to each of saiduprights, each of said angle bars having a stop at one end thereof.

3. lln a drying frame in combination, a pair of oppositely disposedvertically extending rods, a series of angle bars pivoted centrally toeach of said rods, said bars being normally in a position at rightangles to said rods, and additional rods pivotally interconnecting saidbars at each side of said first mentioned rods.

4-. In a drying frame in combination, a wheeled truck, and a dryingframe thereon comprising oppositely disposed vertical uprights, anglebars pivoted centrally to each upright, lateral rods pivotallyinterconnecting the bars at each side of the upright, and a latch forretaining said bars in a horizontal position.

In testimony whereof I have ailixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

DOMINIGK CALANDRA. l/Vitnesses:

VIo'roR E. Tozzr, Ginsnrrn Rumor.

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